The Castle Hotel - Pub Sign - llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales. - Pictorial Pub Signs on Waymarking.com

The Castle Hotel - also now known as 'The Castle'.
Its original name in the late 17 hundreds was the New Bear & changed in 1800 to the Castle Hotel.
Lord Nelson stayed in the Castle Hotel, with Lady Hamilton in 1802.
The original rustic charm & character of an old coaching Inn is still evident, along with great food.

I have included in this listings photo gallery, the Castle & Sculpture, featured on the pub sign.

"The Castle Hotel - llandovery - Large late C17 to early C18 coaching hotel, altered early C19 and later. The hotel comprises several buildings, the original faced N over Broad Street with a very large lateral chimney (now the SE corner of the main range) which looks late C17. Attached range of outbuildings to right were probably former coach-houses and stables said to date from c1910.
The main part of the hotel is at right angles facing down King's Road, a mid C18 3-storey 5-bay range with additional range to left, at one time separated and known as Cawdor House from the 1890s, reunited in late C20. This seems to be of 2 parts, the 2-storey 2-bay older piece attached to the hotel with a bay added for a staircase (not shown in drawing in 1909 town guide).
The inn according to a deed of 1818 was known as the New Bear before becoming the Castle by 1800. It was the principal coaching inn of the town through the early C19, Lord Nelson with Sir William and Lady Hamilton visited in 1802, George Borrow in 1854. The hotel had an assembly room by the 1820s. The portico is 1987 copy of one lost in the 1960s, part of a restoration by Mitchell & Holden architects of Pembroke." Text Source: (visit link)

"A warm and friendly place to unwind, you’ll find a proper traditional bar, a roaring log fire to toast your toes and plenty of comfy sofas in which to lose yourself with a good book." Text Source:
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The Castle
Kings Road,
Llandovery,
Carmarthenshire,
Wales. SA20 0AP

Name of Artist: Unknown Date of current sign: Unknown Date of first pub on site: Late 17 hundreds.

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